Key-case holder



D. l. REITER.

KEY CASE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. n. 1921.

1,403,445, Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

WI TNESSES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL I. REITER, OF NEW YORK, N. I.

KEY-CASE HOLDER.

sspeciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

Application filed February 11, 1921. Serial No. 444,148.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, DANIEL I. Burma, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of Ne .v York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Key-CaseHolder, of which the following 1s a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a new and improved key case holder, and hasfor an object a holder which can be made and stamped of sheet metal andbent and formed into shape ready for the application of key latchesthereto in a simple and economical manner.

Another object resides in the particular construction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanyindrawings.

lhe invention 1s illustrated in the in s, of which' igure 1 is anelevation of the device;

Fi re 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical section'taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an elevation of a modified form of holder; and

Figure 5 is a vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4. I

As shown in the drawings, the invention is embodied in a preferred formwhich is attached to a leather fold case 1. The invention comprises abody portion of sheet metal 2 which may be suitably connected, as byrivets 3, to the leather fold or case 1. The leather case is providedwith overlapping fold portions 4 and 5 to which are connected suitablefastening means, such as 6, wherebythe sheet metal to which the keys areattached, in a manner hereinafter described, is hidden from view by theoverlapping folds 4 and 5 when the keys are not in use. This metal plate2 along its'upper edge, as shown in Figure 1, is stamped out to form aplurality of spaced extending finger portions, the outer ends of whichare turned over on the main body portion to form spacing lugs, uch as 7,the purpose of which is to be hereinafter described. The space orinterval between each lug 7 is in the form of a slot 8 the inner end ofwhich is bridged by a link or strap 9 a short distance from the end 10of the slot 8. Each drawof these straps 9, as shown in Figure 2particularly, is struck up from the level of the main plate 2 andprovides a support adapted to receive key rings or links 11 which may besnapped over the links or straps 9 and engage the same, as shown inFigure 1. The mam body portion of the key holders or links 11 willdepend from the straps 9 and lie along the body portion of the plate 2,as shown in Figure 1. The lug 7 W111 tend to keep the key links disposedseparate from each other. When the key is to be used, it, with itssupporting link 11, is moved around the pivoted strap 9 until the link11 extends outwardly from the body portion to the plate, separate fromthe other keys which may be supported on the other links.

In Figures 4 and 5, I illustrate a modified form of the invention inwhich a sheet-metal plate having a body portion 2' mounted on a flexibleleather casing, such as -1', a plurality of apertures, 'such as 3', arepierced in the plate along and slightly spaced from its upper edge. Theupper edge of the plate is turned back in a smooth curve to a pointadjacent the body portion, as shown in Figure 5, whereby the apertures 3are presented in position facing inward at right angles from the bodyportion 2', and a link, such as 11 shown in dotted lines in Figure 5,can be passed through the aperture and beneath the bod portion 2 and theinner edge of the b0 y portion. This modified form eliminates thenecessity for providing straps such as the straps 9 previouslymentioned. It is slightly less expensive to make than the previous one.

It will be seen, therefore, that by this invention I have provided asimple, economi cally manufactured article of sheet metal which can,with a minimum number of manufacturing steps be made into a compacteflicient article for the purpose of supporting keys. The entire articleis made from one single piece of sheet metal which can be stamped outwithout the necessity for using more than the one element. Such extraattachments as pins, keys or other similar devices are unnecessary tohold the key links in position on the plate.

What I claim is:

1. A key case holder comprising a single sheet of stamped metal adaptedto be attached to a flexible folder, a plurality of spaced fingersdisposed along one edge of the sheet, the ends of said fingers turnedback on themselves to form spacing lugs, and straps of metal integralwith the sheet disposed across between the lugs to support key holders.

2. A key case holder comprising a sheet of stamped metal, a plurality ofspaced fingers formed along one edge of said sheet, the ends ofsaidfingers being turned back on themselves to form spaoin shoulders orlugs, the fingers between t eir remaining portions and the body portionof the sheet jacent one edge of the sheet, and a plurality of strapsdisposed across the slots to support key holders.

DANIEL I. REITER.

